Let us all pray for one another. Let us also pray for those who are attracted to the same sex. Let us also pray for those who have terminal illnesses and who want to Euthanasia to be introduced. Let us all come into the presence of God and plead for Him to have mercy on Australia.

There is a growing problems where teenagers are concerned. Parents, make your children happy. If you feel that they are depressed or sad, reach out to them and give them a helping hand. Love them and show them that you care and that they are very special children. There is help for your children. Please do care for them, love them and THERE IS HELP FOR THEM. Parents, they are your responsibility.

To parents and friends of Teens all over the world. Please be good to your children and friends look out for your friends. There is help for Teens who are going through depression all over the world. Reach out and help……

Intercessors, let us pray for our Teens in Australia and if there is any way we can help them, let us do.

Everyday we face different situations. We receive countless blessings which sometimes we are not able to identify, see or acknowledge the countless blessings we do receive everyday because God is so amazing and His love for us has no bounds. To be in God’s presence is the greatest blessing ever. Because when we are in His presence, there is a peace deep down in our hearts that surpasses all understanding. There is definitely no one like Our God. Every moment of our lives it is essential that we praise and give God all the glory. When we give God all the glory, He raises us up and we are taken into His presence.

God’s grace alone is enough for us. When St Paul said to the Lord that there was a thorn in his flesh and he requested God to remove that thorn – It could have been some sickness, or some difficulty that was very annoying but God said, ‘My Grace alone is enough for you.’

It is so true. Many martyres have died for the love of Christ. Why were they willing to die for Christ? Well, my dear people, that is the awesomeness of the Grace of God. When St Joan of Arc was burning at the stake, she was looking towards Heaven. I somehow feel that she did not feel any pain as she was burning at the stake because if she did, I am sure she would have screamed with the pain. But she was looking towards heaven and I am so sure, that she would have either seen Christ Himself and there must have been a multitude of angels along with Our Blessed Mother Mary and they would have given her all the strength and courage that she needed and she would have been so happy and caught up with this heavenly sight that she would not have felt herself burning. That is what Grace does to the people who love God.

So, today I want you to keep your gaze on Christ Jesus. You, your family or your friends could be sinking in life’s ocean of troubles but do not look at your troubles. Look only at Christ Jesus. Let Him become large and looming in your life. Your troubles would be nothing in comparision to the Love of Christ. As you continue to look at Christ Jesus, His beauty would engulf you and you would be transported to heaven and the troubles and trials of this life would be so insignificant that you would wonder what were you worrying about? This is what God’s Amazing Grace can do for each one of us.

So, my dear people I earnestly urge you to keep your gaze on Christ Jesus for He is the Lover of Your Soul, My Soul and the Lover of those who seek Him in all sincerity. Christ Jesus loved us unto death. He died so that you and I might live and if you or me were the only ones on this earth and we needed Him to die for us so that we would be saved, He would come down to die for you and me so that we would be with Him in this world and forever in the next.

I also urge you to pray for yourselves, your families, your friends and for the peoples of the world, especially for those suffering in similar ways as yourselves. It is also important that you constantly sing praise to God in your heart.

Why do people run to church. Why do people on cold days and on very hot days, leave the comfort of their homes and come to church. Well, they know that Jesus Christ is the answer to their prayers and they come to church seeking Him. Let me tell you my dear people that Christ Jesus is the answer. No matter what be our problems or circumstances, Christ Jesus is our answer!
Jesus is Our God and there is no One like Him. He is Lord of all the earth.

Sometimes in our lives, we are not able to look left or right, through our circumstances Christ lifts up our heads, our hearts and our eyes to Him – only to worship Him in spirit and in truth. When, we in humility and in truth fall at the feet of Jesus Christ and worship Him in total surrender, He will come with all His power and He will visit us with countless and powerful blessings. He will dry our tears and He will gladden our hearts. Then our hearts would be so gladdened that we would just want to lie down and die with such happiness. To earnestly surrender our lives to Christ is to live in total happiness and to be willing to die to ourselves and to live for Christ and for others.

God can see the Good in every human being and His love will transform each one of us. We must believe in this Great Big God of Ours. Perfect love casts out all fear.
When we know that this great big God is for us, then we stand strong and firm because we know that Christ Jesus is for us and no evil can stand before us. Victory is in store for the upright. We must believe that a break through in on its way. We must not be afraid and we must stand firm and believe in God’s promises. We have all been annointed at our baptism and God has a special task for each one of us. So, we must be brave and forge ahead and do what God wants us to do. We must cry out to the Holy Spirit to give us the strength to do God’s Holy Will. He will give us the grace to open our mouths when we need to and He will give us the wisdom to silent when we need to. But we must be brave. We must stand strong and firm and believe in Christ Jesus because He is the only one who can help us to do God’s Holy Will. Sometimes God tells us to do certain things or to say certain things to people and to us it would seem ridiculous but He is God and He knows what He is telling us to do. We should be open to change. We should dig our heals in and stand firm and believe in what God is telling us to do. We need to pray and ask God to help us to do His Holy Will. Believe me my people, when He gives us a job to do, He will also give us the grace to do it. We must believe that Christ will never fail us. We must be ready to change and be brave to stand up for Christ and for His Plan in our lives.

We are all on our way to our Promised Land and that is Heaven. God will bring people into our lives and He will give us all that we need to make it to our Promised Land. We should have our spiritual eyes opened to recognise God’s plan in our lives. So it is always very important to pray for ourselves, our families, our friends, for our work colleagues, for our neighbour, our parish family, for our archdiocese, for the Vatican and for the whole world.
Intercessory Prayer for February 9, 2012:

Let us pray for Our Pope Benedict XVI, all the Cardinals, Our Bishops, Our Priests and all religious all over the world. Give them special blessings and give them all a fresh annointing to enable them to do your Holy Will with faith, boldness and courage.

Let us pray for all God’s people to be bold and brave and to accept God’s Holy Will even if it sounds ridiculous, hard, unbelievable because God knows the future and we only have to believe in Him.

Let us pray for all of us when God pushes us out of our comfort zone to do His Holy Will, we must be brave and believe and follow His bidding.

Lord give us the grace to look and move forward as Soldiers of Christ. We are the militant church here on earth. Please strengthen us.

Lord bless our children and give them special graces to live their lives according to Your Holy Will. Lord Jesus enlighten their minds and hearts.

Lord, we pray especially for our enemies and for those who wish us harm and evil. Bless them Lord and may they follow you now and always.

Lord, we pray for those who misunderstand us. We ask you Lord to bless them with special graces and we also ask you to bless us Lord and give us a heart of love for those who misunderstand us.

Last of all we pray for Fr Michael Kennedy who is being ordained later today as Bishop of Wagga Wagga. May he be the kind of bishop that you want Him to be. May he place hmself at your feet and surrender himself totally and completely to you so that only Your Holy Will be done in his life.

During this day, let us prayer for the following:
1. Let us pray for our dear Pope Benedict XVI, our
Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, all religious and all
lay people. Lord, hear our prayer.

2. Let us pray for our family members. May God bless
each family member with special blessings and
graces.

3. Let us pray for our parish family. May God bless
each parishioner with special blessings and graces
and keep our parish family united in Christ Jesus.

4. Let us pray for the whole Catholic Church that
Jesus Christ would live and reign in each baptised
Catholic.

5. Let us pray for the sick, especially for children
and the youth who are sick and who are led to
believe that there is no cure for them. May Christ
Jesus be their healer, be their friend and their
sanctifier.

About

Hi! My name is Florence D’Costa. I am a Catechist in my Parish in Melbourne, Australia. I also consider myself to be an evangeliser and hence, I have this great yearning in my heart to Evangelise and to talk about Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I have started this blog to express some of the things that I think is important and I hope that my readers both Catholics, Christians and others, would benefit.

I have studied scripture for five years and I was trained in teaching scripture. I have in turn taught scripture for one year to a group of the faithful who have been yearning to learn the Word of God. I was also trained in performing skits, write poems, stage on the spot dramas from stories in the bible and evangelise through dance and song.

I am also an Actress and a Singer and I belong to two Theatre Groups – COG Theatre Group and Amuse Threatre Group. We, in COG Theatre perform Christian Musicals to promote Jesus Christ. We train and teach cast members to become better performers and also to realise that they have been created for a specific purpose in life. In Amuse Theatre Group, we help cast members to become better people with a purpose and aim in life. When we stage plays, we reach out to the audience with a message which would stir them to become better people – people with a purpose in life!

By profession, I am a Civil Celebrant and I help people to celebrate any occasion.

I have a talent to make people happy. Happiness and joy come from Our Lord Jesus Christ. What I have freely received, I freely give. I have a flair for writing and I will try my best to help people to the best of my ability.

DAILY OFFERING PRAYER

God, our Father, I offer You my day. I offer you my prayers, thoughts,words, actions, joys, and sufferings in union with the Heart of Jesus, who continues to offer Himself in the Eucharist for the Salvation of the World. May the Holy Spirit, who guided Jesus, be my Guide and my Strength today so that I may witness to your love. With Mary, the Mother of our Lord and of the Church, I pray for all Apostles of Prayer and for this month's intentions by the Holy Father. Amen

Pope's Prayer Intention - - Young People: That young people may respond generously to their vocations and seriously consider offering themselves to God in the priesthood or consecrated life.|read the reflection|

Urgent Intention - Landslide Victims/Peace: Victims of the landslide in Colombia and peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Venezuela, and Paraguay.

PRAYER OF ST ANTHONY OF PADUA

(Parents could say this prayer in their child's room and they could sprinkle their room with Holy Water if their child has nightmares. The same could be done even if teenagers or adults have nightmares.)

"Behold the Cross of the Lord! Begone, you evil powers! The
Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered.
Allelulia!"

A Litany of St. Michael

Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
[Repeat pray for us after each invocation]
Holy Mary, Queen of the Angels,
St. Michael, the Archangel,
Most glorious attendant of the Triune Divinity,
Standing at the right of the altar of Incense,
Ambassador of Paradise,
Glorious Prince of the Heavenly armies,
Leader of the Angelic hosts,
The standard-bearer of God’s armies,
Defender of Divine glory,
First defender of the Kingship of Christ,
Strength of God,
Invincible Prince and warrior,
Angel of Peace,
Guide of Christ,
Guardian of the Catholic Faith,
Champion of God’s people,
Guardian Angel of the Eucharist,
Defender of the Church,
Protector of the Sovereign Pontiff,
Angel of Catholic action,
Powerful intercessor of Christians,
Bravest defender of those who hope in God,
Guardian of our souls and bodies,
Healer of the sick,
Help of those in their agony,
Consoler of the Souls in Purgatory,
God’s messenger for the souls of the just,
Terror of the evil spirits,
Victorious in battle against evil,
Guardian and Patron of the universal Church,
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
V. Pray for us, O glorious St. Michael,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

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TRADITIONAL DAILY OFFERING

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary,I offer You my
prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day in union with the
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. I offer them for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart; the salvation of souls, reparation for sin, and the reunion of all Christians. I offer them for the intentions of our bishops and of all Apostles of Prayer, and in particular for those recommended by our Holy Father this month.

A PRAYER OF BLESSING

The Lord Bless you and protect you;

The Lord make his face to shine upon you,

and be gracious to you;

The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace."

Amen.

A SORRY PRAYER

O my God, I am sorry for all my sins
Because they displease Thee who art all good
And deserving of all my love
And with Thy help I will sin no more.

Prayer to St. Michael

St. Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou,
O Prince of the heavenly hosts,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan,
and all the evil spirits,
who prowl about the world
seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.